Neeraj Chopra made history by becoming the primary track and field athlete to bag an Olympic gold for India. Social media got flooded with congratulatory messages for Neeraj as soon as he won the medal. Now, an old interview of the athlete is doing the rounds where he revealed the names of the Bollywood actors he would want to play his role in his biopic.
Many Bollywood celebrities had taken to social media to congratulate Neeraj on his big win. In an interview with The Quint in 2018 (right after Asian Games), Neeraj mentioned that he wants Randeep Hooda or Akshay Kumar to play his role in his biopic. He said, “It’ll be great if a biopic is formed . The people i prefer are Randeep Hooda from Haryana, and Akshay Kumar in Bollywood.”
Akshay Kumar had congratulated Neeraj after his gold win. The actor wrote, “It’s a GOLD. Heartiest Congratulations @Neeraj_chopra1 on creating history. You’re liable for a billion tears of joy! Well done #NeerajChopra! #Tokyo2020 (sic).”
Akshay’s tweet started a meme-fest and therefore the actor started trending on Twitter right after Neeraj won the trophy at the Olympics. Netizens shared hilarious memes on Akshay, saying that the actor has found his new movie. Akshay played the lead role of Tapan Das, the person who won India its first trophy within the 1948 Summer Olympics, within the 2018 film Gold.